Sharif Shahab Uddin: A great man is born and destined to do something great and, of course, our great Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina performed her jobs perfectly well as she inherited the glorious legacy of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who has gifted his beloved people an independent and sovereign homeland, Bangla...
In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful Mr. President, AssamuAlaikum. I congratulate you on your election as the President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. We are passing through an unprecedented crisis in the history of humankind due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also the first time in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladeshi diplomats to pursue economic diplomacy alongside political diplomacy to give a boost to the country’s trade and commerce. “The duty of diplomatic missions has changed in today’s world. Now economic diplomacy has surfaced alongside the political one. We have to pursue diplo...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the United Nations (UN) to formulate a “credible and practical roadmap” for delivering on commitments and responding resolutely to global challenges. “To take the UN on the right course towards its centenary and beyond, the world body should provide a credible and practical roadmap for de...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sent a message to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina, extending his warmest greetings to the people and the government of Bangladesh on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha, to be celebrated tomorrow. “On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, I would like to extend my warmest greetings to the people...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for engaging youths with decision-making, ideas and innovations to fight coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to build a resilient and sustainable future for them. While inaugurating the two-day celebration of “Dhaka – OIC Youth Capital 2020” virtually this afternoon, Sheikh Hasina also sou...
With the apprehension of prolonged flood across the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the government officials to remain prepared for extending all sorts of support to the flood-hit people if the deluge lingers. “Every kind of assistance would have to be extended to the flood-hit people if the ongoing flooding is prolonged...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her steadfast commitment to ensure housing for all, including the flood and river erosion-hit people, as she inaugurated the world’s biggest rehabilitation project for the climate refugees in Cox’s Bazar. “We’re celebrating the Mujib Barsho, marking the birth centenary of Fat...
Prof. Dr. Munaz Ahmed Noor: 71 is a very significant number in the history of the nation’s glorious achievement and struggle. We got an independent and sovereign country in 1971 under the leadership of the Father of the Nation and the greatest Bengali of all time Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The victory in the nine-month-long ...
The 71st founding anniversary of Bangladesh Awami League, the party which spearheaded the country’s 1971 Liberation War, will be observed tomorrow particularly on virtual media due to the coronavirus pandemic. Marking the day, the party will arrange a webinar on ‘Awami League: A Party of Masses’ tomorrow which can be watc...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for “rapid invention” of newer vaccines to protect mankind from the pandemics like coronavirus (COVID-19), saying that vaccination has proved to be one of the most important means to combat contagious diseases. “The present COVID-19 pandemic proved how really powerless we are in the face...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a new stimulus package to waive Tk2,000 crore bank interest of the people affected badly by the nationwide shutdown enforced to contain the coronavirus pandemic. “Today (Sunday), we are declaring a new incentive package which is the 19th. Under the package, the borrowers need not to repay Tk2,000...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned to engage more the local public representatives in containing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. “The prime minister issued the instruction while addressing a meeting of the National Technical Advisory Committee formed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 in...
The United States has praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership and described Bangladesh as a “dynamic entrepreneurial society” whose social indicators have been a real success story. The US mentioned Prime Minister Hasina’s leadership in lifting women up, in particular, saying it has been so noteworthy. “...
Professor Dr Mamun Al Mahtab (Shwapnil): Over the years it has been my unique opportunity, despite being a doctor, to come in contact with eminent intellectuals and knowing them closely going beyond my profession. This has been possible due to my affiliation with different civil society organizations like ‘Sampritee Bangladesh’ and...
In the second part of the online discussion 'Beyond the Pandemic' organized by Bangladesh Awami League, guests have called for extending the hand of cooperation according to one's ability by seeking for the person next to you in dealing with the disaster of coronavirus. The theme of the second episode of this webinar on corona epidemic an...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina so far announced a total of 18 stimulus packages worth around $11.90 billion or Taka 1,01,117 crore to offset the shock of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on various sectors of the country. With the latest and 18th stimulus package of Taka 2,000 crore for the programme for generating employments through Palli ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the government will provide Taka 2000 crore (US$ 235.3 million)) to Karmasangsthan Bank and Taka 500 crore (US$ 58.8 million) to Probashi Kalyan Bank to help the youths and expatriate Bangladeshis who became jobless amid the coronavirus pandemic. She also declared that the government will giv...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched the disbursement of Taka 1,250 crore cash assistance among 5 million poor families hit hard amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, saying that removing the ordeals of the people of every area is her only goal. “My only goal is to remove the plight of the people of every area and I want to...
The prestigious US magazine Forbes has highly praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and placed her in the list of successful women leadership for her sincere efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh. “Bangladesh, a country of some 161 million people, led by Sheikh Hasina, is no stranger to crises. She was quick off her fee...